Our Heart Becomes a Beautiful Mosaic in the Hands of God
Chances are that at some point in your life you have been wounded...emotionally, spiritually or mentally. Life is hard and the storms we go through can leave us exhausted because of it.
What does this do to our heart? Our soul? Our Spirit? Well, that is a very good question!
Your heart and soul can be deeply wounded and your spirit can feel exhausted and bruised. This is when the enemy of your soul works to steal your joy – to destroy your faith – to kill your purpose in this life.
THE only way to move through it all is WITH God. On your own..you cannot withstand the pressure the enemy of your soul will put you under. Thankfully, God has promised us in Deuteronomy Chapter 28 that we are not under things but above them…as long as we stay focused on Him.
You need time to heal…and you will heal and the pain will subside. Your Heavenly Father comes along side of you in your brokenness and gently picks up the pieces of your shattered heart and soul.
He smooths the jagged edges of each piece before He lovingly places each piece into His design for you. Romans 8:28 tells us that He uses all things for our good. Therefore, He creates this beautiful mosaic that has remnants of your brokenness and pain but one that outshines the memory of your experience. He creates beauty from your ashes. You simply need to allow Him the time to create it for you. I say “simply” because it is a simple process yet it is not an easy one!
This time...this part of your journey in the creation of your mosaic is known as the healing process. This process is sometimes an uncomfortable one but one that is necessary if you are to truly live the abundant life promised in His Word.
Your body needs to release the trauma that has been stored on a cellular level. This happens as you acknowledge the emotions that surface when confronted with the memory of a painful and/or traumatic event. Remember...the emotion/feeling is not sinful. For instance, being or feeling angry is not a sin. Ephesians 4:26 tells us that we are not to sin IN our anger. We can be angry...and there are times when we need to be angry. The sin this verse refers to is an action we choose while we are angry. Unfortunately, not many have been taught how to properly process big emotions like Anger which is why some choose harmful actions while angry.
So how do you process big emotions?
Feel it! Allow yourself to feel each emotion…honor that part of you that was deeply wounded. As you do, He pours His salve upon the brokenness and you begin heal. Some emotions may have many layers and that is okay! With each layer, He gently takes that emotion as you express it to Him and He smooths the sharp edges so that it is not as “prickly” anymore. With each processed piece, He carefully and intentionally places that piece into His Masterpiece of your heart's mosaic.
He only reveals the layers that you are willing to release…so allow Him to go deep into your heart. Release the tears with each piece…grieving the loss of what that piece represents to you. You control the speed at which He works so take the time you need to sit with each piece of your shattered heart before letting it go. Then let it go into His capable Hands...become the clay on His potter's wheel.
This mosaic that He creates for you will be stunningly beautiful when it is completed. Trust Him enough to take you on this journey of healing your soul from the storms of this life. He has given you a few tools to help you on this journey.
You have His armor in Ephesians 6. Read through that and mentally put it on each day. This helps you understand that He has given you everything you need to become more than a conqueror!
Renew your mind and when it all feels overwhelming…begin to praise Him…even if you don’t feel like it. Just lift your hands and start thanking Him for the little things and ask Him to be there in that moment with you. Think of Paul and Silas when they were in prison. They began to praise God in the inner dungeon...and what happened? Do you remember?
After they were beaten, they were thrown into the inner dungeon and chained so that they could not escape. Their situation seemed hopeless. They must have felt despair and as if God had forgotten about them. And yet they prayed and then they began singing. Suddenly! There was a massive earthquake that shook the jail to it's foundation; so much so that the cell doors swung open and the shackles fell off...of every prisoner there! In spite of how they must have felt...in spite of those big emotions, they offered up what must have felt like a sacrifice...a sacrifice of praise!
Praise, therefore, is a very powerful weapon in the spiritual battles we encounter.
Moments like that when He touches your heart and you simply know that He is are very precious. I like to refer to moments like these as God Winks.
He is always there with you! He listens intently as you speak from your heart…the enemy of your soul wants to blind you of this fact but God never walks away from His children or leaves them alone.
Psalm 116:2 Because He bends down to listen I will pray as long as I have breath.
Deuteronomy 4 The Lord will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your ancestors
Deuteronomy 31 I will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.
James 4:8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.
Let His Word guide you on this journey while He creates your mosaic. Hold tight to the Truth that He never leaves you nor forsakes you! Let that be your anchor so that you do not drift from Him.
Pause for just a moment in the midst of your storm…reach out to your Father and wait for Him to bend even closer to you. He is there…waiting for you to turn toward Him so that He can comfort His deeply loved and cherished son/daughter.
James 4:7 says to surrender to God. That is what the healing process is...you surrendering your emotions, your pain, your wounds, your fears, your anxiety, your brokenness...laying it all at His feet. The second part of that verse says that after you surrender to God, the enemy will flee! The accuser will flee because of the One who stands with you.
That is POWERFUL!
That is a promise from your Father.
That is an anchor point for your soul!
Therefore, take the time and put in the effort and you will begin to see this amazing mosaic being created from your brokenness.
